Don't get 'ticked' off this summer

By: Fritz Busch

NEW ULM — Don’t let ticks get the best of you this year. That was the advice of Brown County Public Health Director Jaimee Brand in her public health update to Brown County Commissioners Tuesday. Ticks are having a year with emergency ...

April 22, 2026

New Ulm Library celebrates National Library Workers Day

By: Amy Zents

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Public Library marked National Library Workers Day Tuesday by highlighting the essential labor of its staff and the facility’s role as a free community hub.  "Today is National Library Workers Day, and I am so ...

April 22, 2026

Looking on the bright side

By: Clay Schuldt

NEW ULM – Installation of the solar panels on New Ulm’s water department building began Tuesday. Work crews from Wolf Track Energy moved the panels to the roof of the water department building in the morning and in the afternoon began ...

April 22, 2026

Area roundup: MVL falls to LCWM in pitchers’ duel

PREP BASEBALL LCWM 2, MVL 0 NEW ULM — While Minnesota Valley Lutheran got a strong outing from Kyan Kube on the hill Tuesday, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial pitcher Griffin Larson got the one-up as he the Knights earned a 2-0 shutout win ...

April 22, 2026

Sleepy Eye takes down Cathedral 9-3

By: Jim Bastian

NEW ULM — Sleepy Eye right-hander Kayden Klein scattered six New Ulm Cathedral hits and the bottom three hitters in the Indians’ batting order combined to drive in eight runs as Sleepy Eye downed the Greyhounds 9-3 in a Tomahawk Division ...

April 21, 2026

Eagles softball rolls Tigers

By Jake McNeill sports@marshallindependent.com MARSHALL — Early offense and consistent pitching resulted in the New Ulm softball team downing Marshall 9-0 on Tuesday. The Eagles scored five runs in the first two innings and never looked ...

April 21, 2026